Thomas Chamberlain

Thomas Davee Chamberlain (29 April 1841-12 August 1896) was a Lieutenant-Colonel of the US Army during the American Civil War. He was the brother of Joshua Chamberlain, his commander as the leader of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

Biography
Thomas Davee Chamberlain was born in Brewer, Maine on 29 April 1841, the youngest of five children; he was thirteen years younger than Joshua Chamberlain, the family's first son. He was the only son not to attend college, and he instead worked as a grocery store clerk in Bangor. In 1862, he joined the US Army during the American Civil War for personal, patriotic, and religious reasons, and he was placed in his brother's 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Chamberlain fought alongside his brother at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, and he received a few minor "scratch" wounds during the defense of Little Round Top. He served alongside his brother during the closing campaigns of the war in Virginia, and he became an alcoholic and a drifter after the war's end, unable to find a job. He died of his heart and lung diseases on 12 August 1896 in Bangor, Maine at the age of 55.